Truly eliminating the self-view (ātma-dṛṣṭi) also requires contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) on the manas as non-self

If the manas does not recognize the five aggregates (pañcaskandha) as self and does not cling to the five aggregates, would the manas cling to itself? When the manas takes itself as self and as real, thereby clinging to its own nature of being the master and refusing to let go, this is the function of the manas's self-validating cognition (sva-saṃvitti-saṃvitti-bhāga). This view must also be eliminated; only then is there the true elimination of self-view (ātma-dṛṣṭi). Therefore, when engaging in contemplative practice (vipaśyanā-caryā) to eliminate self-view, one must also contemplate that the manas is not self. Among the eighteen elements (dhātus), the manas is one of them, and it too must be eliminated; only then is there the true elimination of self-view.